QOTW: First impressions - Xbox One or PlayStation 4?

by Parm Mann on 7 June 2013, 16:30

Tags: Sony (NYSE:SNE), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)

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Is it just me but is this [Sony] announcement just a bit "Meh!"
~ HEXUS reader 3dcandy

Xbox and PlayStation may be two of the world's biggest entertainment brands, but all those years of experience didn't stop Microsoft nor Sony from making a pig's ear of each next-generation product announcement.

At events that were supposed to lead to a fever pitch of excitement, both struggled to capture the imagination and claim an early win in the so-called next-generation console war. Instead, Sony went and left its hardware at home, while Microsoft revealed a box that, among other things, lets you watch TV.

What is Microsoft smoking these days? Everything they're doing is off the wall stupid
~ HEXUS reader aidanjt

Hardly riveting stuff, but let's be fair, we gamers are arguably the toughest audience to please. Sure, we like to poke fun, but does anyone really think that Microsoft's '80s VHS player and Sony's invisible console will deliver anything other than an amazing gaming experience?

Next week's E3 Expo will put both platforms under the spotlight once again, and who knows, if we're lucky we might get release dates, prices and, fingers crossed, plenty of in-game demonstrations.

But before that happens, and before sentiments shift, let's gauge opinion. Based on what you've seen, heard or discovered thus far, are you leaning toward the Xbox One or PlayStation 4? And what will either platform need to show next week in order to sway you in any one direction? Let us know in the comments below.



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Xbox so far, as an unbiased bystander. However by rights neither should exist, gaming consoles should really have been gone the way of the dodo a couple of generations ago. The Xbox One is pretty close to what we should already have been using, but until people stop handing money to people like MS Gaming, Sony and EA they'll still be force fed rubbish that's going to keep making them poorer and the aforementioned guys richer.
Xbox one reveal was kind of disappointing. PS4 looks better for gaming by far since its main focus is gaming whilst the xbox has focus on a media centre.
Since the Ps2 I've not bought a console, but from first glance, IF i were to buy one it would probably be the Ps4.
The Xbox One is a farcical joke. If I was forced to choose it'd be the PS4, but realistically I'm interested in neither.
Neither, for me.

PS4 is just vaguely possible, but I'm not a Sony fan, and haven't really bother to even look at what the PS4 offers, so I guess I wouldn't rule it out entirely, without doing that.

XB One is dead, as far as I'm concerned, unless it changes substantially from what's been announced, And I'm not holding my breath.